532 
M6N0ECIA triandria. 
ceous, nearly two inches long. Scales ovate, rather acute, nearly as long 
as the corolla. Fruit when mature diverging. 
Nearly allied to C. Retroflexa, perhaps only a variety. 
Grows in shaded woods, Pursh. In the upper districts of Carolina. 
Flowers — 
tff Spicis pluribus, 
Jloribus superioribus 
foemineis. 
tff Spikes nume- 
rous, the upper powers 
fertile. 
12. Leporina. 
A 
C. spiculis tribus 
subrotundo - ellipticis, 
alternis, congestis; 
fructibus ellipticis, com- 
pressis, acuminatis, 
ore integris. 
Spikes three, nearly 
round, elliptic, alter- 
nate, clustered; fruit 
elliptic, compressed, 
acuminate, with the 
mouth entire. 
Sp. pi. 4. p. 229- Mich. 2. p. 170. Pursh, 1. p. 36. Nutt. 2. p. 204. 
Spikes androgynous, alternate, distinct, sessile, turgid and obtusely ovate, 
without bracteas, green, sometimes tinged with yellow. Capsules compactly 
Imbricate, convex on one side, flat on the other, acuminate. Mich. 
This species I have not seen. 
Grows from Canada to Carolina. Mich. 
Flowers— 
13. SciRPOIDES. 
C. spiculis subqua- 
ternis, approximate, 
ellipticis; fructibus o- 
vatis, bidentatis, com- 
pressis, margine ciliato 
serratis, erectis; squa- 
mis ellipticis obtusis. 
Spikes generally 4, 
approximate, elliptic; 
fruit ovate, 2-toothed, 
compressed, ciliate ser- 
rate along the margin, 
erect; scales elliptic, 
obtuse. 
Sp. pi. 4. p. 237. Pursh, 1. p. 37. Nutt. 2. p. 204. 
